Crayon holder



May 4 1926.V

H. A. THIERRY CRAYON HOLDER Filed Oct. 8, 1924 ammi ' being pushed inwardly into the holder.

Patented May 4,71926fkunnen 'stares HERMAN A. THIERRY, or DETROIT, MICHIGAN; Y

cnAYoR HOLDER..

v.rapina-aan inea october s, i924. .serial No. 742,332.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HERMAN A. THIERRY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Detroit, in the county of Wayne and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Crayon Holders, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a crayon holder which is particularly adapted for holding a crayon used in chalking up bowling scores. lVith the present crayon now most universally used in bowling alleys, the crayon comprises a piece of moulded crayon about three inches in length which is provided witha covering of paper glued thereto. In use this paper becomes Aloosened from the crayon and very often is lost entirely, thereby forcingv the bowler to grasp the greasy piece of crayon. Very often when this paper is loosened from the crayon the bowler merely throws the crayon away and gets a new one. present crayon only about 15 or 20% of the crayon is actually used, the rest being wast-ed.

One of the objects of my'invention is the prevention of this waste. In fact, with my holder, it has been found that approximately 80% of the crayon is used, thereby resulting in a great saving in the cost of crayons. In large bowling alleys' these crayons are bought in large quantities,-several hundred gross at a time-and during` the course of a. year this is a considerable item ofexpense. ing of approximately is obtained with the use of my invention, due to the fact that a larger portion of the crayon is actually used.

Another object of my invention is to provide means which prevents the crayon filpn ditional means are also provided for ejecting the crayon from the holder when the Same has been practically used up, so that a. new crayon may be inserted in its place.

In the drawings:

Fig. l is an elevation of a holder with a crayon secured therein.

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view through the crayon and holder.

My device comp-rises a handle a which has a hole Z) drilled longitudinally therethrough. This handle is preferably made of wood, or other light fibrous material, which may be readily handled by the bowler. In

It has been found that with thev Actual facts have shown that a. savy tion.

addition advertising matter or other printed information may be printed on the handle. At one end of the handle, the longitudinal hole is enlarged as at c, which forms a shoulder d. This enlarged portion of the hole is preferably tapered as shown in Fig. 2, and serves as a recess in which the crayon e is inserted. Due to the fact that the recess is tapered and the crayon is similarly provided with a tapered end for fitting into this tapered recess, the crayon is securely held within the holder when the same is forced therein.

The butt or heel of the crayon abutsl against the shoulder Z and prevents the crayon from being accidentally pushed into the interior of the crayon. When th crayon is practically used up, it is merely necessary to insert a wire through the rear end of the holder through the longitudinal hole b andl eject the old used up crayon from the crayon holder and a new one inserted in place. f

The characteristic of the material used in moulding bowling crayons is such that a bowler does not care to grasp the crayon itself. It is somewhat greasyand leaves the fingers somewhat greasy, so that the bowler cannot properly grasp the bowling ball. This crayon is relatively soft and whenthe same is pressed into the holder, it may be pinched or squeezed therein, which tends to hold the sameinore tightly in the tapered recess.

What I claim is:

l. A crayon holder, comprising a wooden holder that may easily split and which is provided with a tapered recess for receivingl taperedcrayon, said wooden holder provided with means for limiting the wedging action of the crayon in said recess to' prevent undue spreading of the fibres of the said wooden handle tending to split the same and destroy the utility ofthe article.

- 2. A crayon holder, comprising a holder of relatively fragile materialv that may be easily split and which is provided with a hole extending longitudinally therethrough and having an enlarged tapered recess at one end for receiving a tapered crayon, the said recess forming a shoulder at the base thereof to provide an abutment for the heel of the crayon to limit the wedging action of the tapered crayon in said tapered recess to prevent the spreading of said holder beyond the danger point due to such wedging ac- 3. A crayon holder, comprising a Wooden crayon to limit the Wedging action of the holder that may be easily split and which tapered crayon as the same is forced into said 10 is provided with a hole extending longitw tapered recess t0 prevent undue spreading of dinally therethrough and having an enthe fibres of said Wooden handle tending to larged tapered recess at one end for receivsplit the same due to Such Wedging action. ing a tapered Crayon, the said enlarged re- In testimony whereof have aflixed my cess forming a shoulder at the base thereof signature. to provide an abutment for the heel of the HERMAN A. THIERRY. 

